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http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/brian-sims-responds-to-facebook-ban-after-being-called-the-f-word-and-sharing-it-exclusive/#respondMon, 21 Jan 2019 21:12:45 +0000http://www.towleroad.com/?p=384729<p>Towleroad caught up with gay Pennsylvania lawmaker Brian Sims after he made headlines for being banned from the social media platform after sharing a hateful message he had received. As many media outlets reported last week, Sims was banned from Facebook for sharing a screenshot&#160;of a comment wherein a woman named Jill Freb said,&#160;“You get [&#8230;]</p>
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Towleroad caught up with gay Pennsylvania lawmaker Brian Sims after he made headlines for being banned from the social media platform after sharing a hateful message he had received.

As many media outlets reported last week, Sims was banned from Facebook for sharing a screenshot of a comment wherein a woman named Jill Freb said, “You get out f——.”

Sims said the worst thing about being blocked on social media and then seeing a story like this explode everywhere was not being able to respond directly on Facebook, although he could still express his views on Twitter.

After discovering he’d been banned from Facebook, Sims shared the message on Twitter, writing: “Facebook just banned ME for this.”

Sims noted that the homophobic message came from a user who had prominently advertised their religion on their profile, and said on Twitter: “The Venn Diagram of people who call me a f—–, and people who self identify as ‘Christian,’ is just a single circle. Christians, why is that?”

His Facebook account was subsequently reinstated although Sims still hasn’t heard why he was banned in the first place.

So I guess the advantage of knowing a few people at Facebook, some journalists who saw this post, and a whole lot of organizations that interact with Facebook is that my account was reactivated. THANKS! No explanation. No response yet from @facebook. What. About. Everyone. Else? pic.twitter.com/mZd3YwrBL1

He told Towleroad that he he was particularly moved to hear comments from women of color who expressed frustration over the algorithm to determine what gets you banned or blocked and the in ability to get a response from the company, “The important take away here has clearly been that what happened to me is happening not just to other LGBTQ people but to women and people of color especially. Targeted harassment and pointed slurs seem to be surviving whatever review process Facebook says they are using, while the recipients and reporters of the harassment seem to be systematically experiencing either no responses or negative reactions.”

Sims’ experience has led him to conclude that, “Ultimately, what I think we all want is for Facebook to be transparent and proactive, to step up their game. It feels too much like we’re getting an “aww shucks” response from a dot.com startup than a substantive response from a multi-billion dollar, multi-national tech/comms behemoth.”

]]>http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/brian-sims-responds-to-facebook-ban-after-being-called-the-f-word-and-sharing-it-exclusive/feed/0http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/brian-sims-responds-to-facebook-ban-after-being-called-the-f-word-and-sharing-it-exclusive/Truaxe Founder Found Dead At 40http://feeds.towleroad.com/~r/towleroad/feed/~3/9i66fzQUCKI/
http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/truaxe-founder-found-dead-at-40/#respondMon, 21 Jan 2019 20:18:48 +0000http://www.towleroad.com/?p=384739<p>Brandon Trauxe, the openly gay 40-year old founder of the hugely successful skin care company Deciem, has died according to an internal email said WWD. The email, from Deciem chief executive Nicola Kilner, said Truaxe passed over the weekend, and asked for Deciem’s operations to close for the day. A source with knowledge of the [&#8230;]</p>
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Brandon Trauxe, the openly gay 40-year old founder of the hugely successful skin care company Deciem, has died according to an internal email saidWWD.

The email, from Deciem chief executive Nicola Kilner, said Truaxe passed over the weekend, and asked for Deciem’s operations to close for the day. A source with knowledge of the situation told WWD that Truaxe died in Toronto, but cause of death could not be learned by press time.

Truaxe was known for his dramatic antics on social media that led to his ouster from the compony he founded last year.

Voxreported that Estée Lauder, a minority investor in the company, took legal action against Truaxe in October 2018 after he posted on Instagram that the company should immediately be shut down because of “financial crimes” he said had been committed.

Truaxe had been posting erratic videos and messages on his personal Instagram page for the last few weeks said Vox.

Vox revealed his his last four IG posts, from January 19th, were videos that appear to have been made by Truaxe alone from his penthouse in Toronto, whose address he publicized.

Commenters expressed concern about his stated drinking, as he claimed to be drinking tequila. One wrote, “BE SAFE.”

]]>http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/truaxe-founder-found-dead-at-40/feed/0http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/truaxe-founder-found-dead-at-40/All You Need Is Love: Middle School Chorus Surprises Gay Choir Teacher at Wedding Rehearsal Brunch – WATCHhttp://feeds.towleroad.com/~r/towleroad/feed/~3/dHohFelcayU/
http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/all-you-need-is-love/#respondMon, 21 Jan 2019 20:11:52 +0000http://www.towleroad.com/?p=384738<p>Dozens of middle school students from Hingham, Massachusetts rehearsed for four Sundays and traveled 30 miles by bus to deliver a special song to their favorite teacher, choir director Christopher Landis, at his wedding rehearsal. His then fiancé, Joe Michienzie, was in on the surprise which was planned by two parents of the students, and [&#8230;]</p>
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Dozens of middle school students from Hingham, Massachusetts rehearsed for four Sundays and traveled 30 miles by bus to deliver a special song to their favorite teacher, choir director Christopher Landis, at his wedding rehearsal.

His then fiancé, Joe Michienzie, was in on the surprise which was planned by two parents of the students, and taken on with the permission of the parents of 50 kids, the Patriot Ledger reports.

Said Joy Foraste, one parent who organized the performance, to the Ledger: “It was so wonderful for the kids to see him with his family and his close friends, and they saw him as a person, not just their teacher. They saw how much it meant to him. He immediately started crying and the kids started crying. It’s something they’ll never forget.”

]]>http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/all-you-need-is-love/feed/0http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/all-you-need-is-love/Kentucky’s Catholic Diocese of Covington Banned Gay Valedictorian’s Speech in 2018: WATCHhttp://feeds.towleroad.com/~r/towleroad/feed/~3/0Dws0RWBrCs/
http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/kentuckys-catholic-diocese/#respondMon, 21 Jan 2019 17:14:25 +0000http://www.towleroad.com/?p=384683<p>The same Catholic Diocese that oversees Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky, home to the students that harassed Native American Nathan Phillips over the weekend, also banned openly gay valedictorian Christian Bales&#8217; speech at the High School of the Holy Cross last May, according to the New York Times. The Diocese who issued an apology [&#8230;]</p>
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The Diocese who issued an apology to Mr. Phillips said of Bales back in May that, “School officials and representatives of the Diocese of Covington reserve the right to review and approve all student speeches to be presented in public at high school graduations.”

“I have been on their radar as a rather non-gender conforming individual,” Bale told the Cincinnati Inquirer. “I have worn makeup and bobby pins in my hair to school before. So it seems too much of a coincidence for my critical thinking to think this was just about the speech itself. But I wasn’t going to go up there and give my speech in full drag.”

Bales made headlines for reading his speech via a bullhorn his father bought him after his speech was banned. Mr. Bales delivered his speech after the official graduation ceremony.

Bales’ speech concluded with a call-to-action to his fellow classmates, “We must take what we’ve learned in this community and apply it to the world we are about to encounter.”

USA Todayreported that “Bales’ speech did not refer to his sexuality but instead referenced the ongoing gun-control protests by the students of Parkland High School in Florida, the scene of a school shooting earlier this year.”

]]>http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/kentuckys-catholic-diocese/feed/0http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/kentuckys-catholic-diocese/TV’s First Trans Superhero Dreamer Debuts Costume on ‘Supergirl’http://feeds.towleroad.com/~r/towleroad/feed/~3/Fcko0s0GvRM/
http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/tvs-first-trans-superhero-dreamer-gets-a-costume-on-supergirl/#respondMon, 21 Jan 2019 16:21:20 +0000http://www.towleroad.com/?p=384646<p>The CW released the first look at&#160;Nicole Maines, who&#160;plays a superhero named&#160;Dreamer&#160;on DC Comic’s Supergirl. Maines plays the first ever transgender superhero on television in an episode that explores Dreamer’s powers. Maines will appear again in a later episode airing&#160;Feb. 17 according to Variety. Dreamer is actually a new name for a character named Dream [&#8230;]</p>
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Maines plays the first ever transgender superhero on television in an episode that explores Dreamer’s powers. Maines will appear again in a later episode airing Feb. 17 according toVariety.

Dreamer is actually a new name for a character named Dream Girl who debuted 55 years ago in Adventure Comics #307 in 1964.

Dream Girl is an alien princess named Nura Nal from the planet Naltor. She is a member of the 31st Century superhero team called The Legion of Superheroes (LSH) and has precognitive/telepathic powers.

Members of the LSH have been recurring characters on the CW’s Supergirl series.

Maines’ Dreamer is an ancestor of the 31st century hero.

“I’m so excited. I’m trying to conduct myself on set in a professional manner, and be like ‘I’m not completely obsessed with the super-suit,’ but it’s all I think about,” Maines said during a visit to the Supergirl set according to Comic Book. “Every morning I wake up, ‘I’m getting a supersuit!’ I’m going to sleep, ‘I’m getting a super-suit!’ I’m really, really excited. It’s gonna be gorgeous! I have the best super-suit. I do.”

]]>http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/tvs-first-trans-superhero-dreamer-gets-a-costume-on-supergirl/feed/0http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/tvs-first-trans-superhero-dreamer-gets-a-costume-on-supergirl/Gay Couple Recovering After Brutal Homophobic Attack in Downtown Austin, Texas: WATCHhttp://feeds.towleroad.com/~r/towleroad/feed/~3/Kq6g9lFhze8/
http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/homophobic-attack-3/#respondMon, 21 Jan 2019 15:45:00 +0000http://www.towleroad.com/?p=384642<p>Spencer Deehring and Tristan Perry, a gay couple in Austin, Texas, were attacked while leaving a nightclub in the early hours of Saturday morning, targeted because they were holding hands. Deehring told KXAN that they were attacked near 7th Street and Red River Street by a man who had called them a homophobic slur and [&#8230;]</p>
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Spencer Deehring and Tristan Perry, a gay couple in Austin, Texas, were attacked while leaving a nightclub in the early hours of Saturday morning, targeted because they were holding hands.

Deehring told KXAN that they were attacked near 7th Street and Red River Street by a man who had called them a homophobic slur and the man’s friends.

Said Deehring: “They started following behind us pretty closely yelling every expletive you can think of. The last thing I said to one of the guys before they attacked both of us was like, ‘I don’t have anything more to say to you guys, we’re just going home, leave us alone.'”

Deehring was beaten unconscious and Perry had his nose broken and was kicked hard in the back of the head. Both were hospitalized after a bystander called 911.

Wrote the couple on their GoFundMe page: ‘On Friday evening into early Saturday morning my boyfriend and I were victims of a hate crime. We were called “faggots” and brutally kicked & beaten. I suffered a concussion and severe lacerations, my boyfriend suffered a broken nose, stitches in his forehead and a major concussion with minor internal bleeding. Fortunately when a bystander saw what happened they were able to call 911 and we were able to get transported to a local medical center. Today I ask for your help with the burden we have been given of medical expenses related to this experience. Both of us were transported in an ambulance and given emergency trauma care at a local hospital. Due to this we expect our bills to exceed the thousands of dollars due to receiving comprehensive radiological care. And we ask for your love and support during our difficult time. Any help you can give is immensely appreciated. Always spread love and positivity. End hate.’

Said Deehring to KXAN: “Be aware of your surroundings, but don’t change who you are as a person, don’t ever change who you are as a person and don’t be afraid to go out there and explore the world, just as you are. We’re gonna do that too.”

]]>http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/homophobic-attack-3/feed/0http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/homophobic-attack-3/Nichelle Nichols: How Martin Luther King Jr. Saved ‘Star Trek’http://feeds.towleroad.com/~r/towleroad/feed/~3/t7IfDGrvMn0/
http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/nichelle-nichols-how-martin-luther-king-jr-saved-star-trek/#respondMon, 21 Jan 2019 15:28:22 +0000http://www.towleroad.com/?p=384623<p>Star Trek: Discovery is a hit and one of the most representative shows on TV. Representation is part of the rich legacy of Trek . But it almost all fell apart until it was saved by MLK Jr. —Nichols—who played Lt. Uhura on the original series reveals a little known piece of&#160;Star Trek&#160;lore. I hope [&#8230;]</p>
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Star Trek: Discovery is a hit and one of the most representative shows on TV. Representation is part of the rich legacy of Trek . But it almost all fell apart until it was saved by MLK Jr. —Nichols—who played Lt. Uhura on the original series reveals a little known piece of Star Trek lore.

I hope you will get the story right this time, because for some reason, no one has ever gotten this story right (laughs).

After the first season [of Trek], because my heart was still on Broadway and the performing arts part of me, the musical performing arts of me was yearning to leave. I never intended to be an actress other than in the theater. So for me, TV and movies, that was something to help me get from here to there. And so it was a shock for me to be cast in Star Trek.

A shock and a joy.

I was performing in England at the time of the inception of the show and my agent tracked me down in Paris and told me that they were doing a show called Star Trek, assuming that I’d know what that was.

Now I’d known Gene Roddenberry since he’d given me my first TV starring role in a show that he’d done called the The Lieutenant. And he was one of the first people of that stature that gave me encouragement.

He called my agent and said can you find Nichelle, because I need her for a role in this show and wherever she is, get her back here because I want a woman to be the head of a department on the bridge.

He changed the role from a man heading communications on the bridge and he wanted a woman of color. He wanted me and I came back and got the role. So the first year went by, and I enjoyed doing the role, to me at that time it was very challenging [laughs] but I played my role to the hilt, being the head of communications and all that and by this time the show had aired and I was starting to get notice, and on the side I’m singing at places and people are hearing me and calling and I’m thinking, “Oh this is my big break! I have to leave this little show and go do it! I was thinking Broadway here I come!’

And so I went on a Friday evening shortly before the end of the season to let Gene know that I wouldn’t be returning to the show, he looked at me like I was crazy, “You cannot leave,” but he realized how serious I was and he knew I was passionate about singing, and he said, “I know what your dream is and so forth but don’t you see what I’m trying to do?

He said to take the weekend and think about my decision and how important this show is and how it was a first, and if I leave, well he didn’t know what to say, but he said take the weekend and that way I could take the time to really think about what we just said and come back Monday and we would talk about it and if you really want to leave then, you’ll go with my blessings, but realize I want you to know that what we are doing here is really historic.

The next night was Saturday and I was due to be a celebrity guest on a dais at an NAACP fundraiser at UCLA.

One of the organizers came up to me and said that there was someone who wants to meet you; and he says that he’s you’re best, biggest fan and I’m thinking it’s a Trekkie! [laughs]

So I said certainly and I got up and turned around and maybe 10 or 15 feet coming towards me I see Dr. Martin Luther King and I remember thinking whoever that little fan is, he’s going to have to wait, because here’s Dr. King, who walks straight up to me with this big, magnificent smile on his face and says, “I’m the fan!” because I’m sort of looking around for someone else, and he says, “I am your best fan, I am your biggest fan!” and I… I was at a loss for words, and if you know me, I am never at a loss for words.

I just couldn’t say a thing and he began to tell me how important my role was, what an inspiration it was.

And you have to understand we were in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement, people were regularly being attacked by dogs, and marchers were being hosed on the television every night, real life things, and here I am in this futuristic thing on TV and he was so complimentary, he told me “I was so important and the way you have created this role,” and I am just looking at him and looking at him and I remember I just kept hoping he’d never stop talking.

Because his voice is just… you know the voice. And I finally just start saying, thank you so much Dr. King and I am shaking his hand and still shaking from nervousness and I said thank you so much and I am really going to miss my co-stars.

And at this his face totally changed, and he said “What are you talking about?!” and so I told him I would be leaving the show, because; and that was as far as he let me go, and he said, “Stop! You cannot! You cannot leave this show! Do you not understand what you are doing?! You are the first non-stereotypical role in television! Of intelligence, and of a woman and a woman of color?! That you are playing a role that is not about your color! That this role could be played by anyone? This is not a black role. This is not a female role! A blue eyed blond or a pointed ear green person could take this role!”

And I am looking at him and looking at him and buzzing, and he said, “Nichelle, for the first time, not only our little children and people can look on and see themselves, but people who don’t look like us, people who don’t look like us, from all over the world, for the first time, the first time on television, they can see us, as we should be! As intelligent, brilliant, people! People in roles other than slick tap dancers, and maids, which are all wonderful in their own ways, but for the first time we have a woman, a woman, who represents us and not in menial jobs, and you prove it, this man [Gene Roddenberry] proves and establishes a precedent that validates what we are marching for because three hundred years from today there we are, and there you are, in all our glory and all your glory! And you cannot leave!”

And I did not leave.

So, I went back on Monday and told Gene that if he hadn’t replaced me and still wanted me to stay that I would, and I’ll never forget him sitting behind that big desk that he had and he said, “so that’s your decision?”

I said I’d like my letter of resignation back please and I told him what had happened while meeting Dr. King, and I don’t know if you know what Gene looked like, but he was a big guy and was like 6’3” with that hawk nose and a great sense of humor and this brilliant mind and a futurist and–whatever great things you heard about him are just a small part of what that man was.

I looked down at him sitting behind his desk when I told him the story and I finally shut up, and a huge tear is rolling down his cheek. And he said, “Thank God someone understands what I am trying to achieve.”

And he reached down into his drawer and pulled out my letter of resignation and handed it to me, it had already been [laughs] torn up.

]]>http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/nichelle-nichols-how-martin-luther-king-jr-saved-star-trek/feed/0http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/nichelle-nichols-how-martin-luther-king-jr-saved-star-trek/Adam Lambert and James Corden Queen Out in a Musical Recap of the NFL Championship Games: WATCHhttp://feeds.towleroad.com/~r/towleroad/feed/~3/jTx6JdhGHxA/
http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/adam-lambert-james-corden/#respondMon, 21 Jan 2019 15:24:37 +0000http://www.towleroad.com/?p=384630<p>Late, Late Show host James Corden aired a special NFL championship show last night following a day of NFL games which sent the L.A. Rams and the New England Patriots to the Super Bowl over the New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs, respectively. Corden closed the show with a parody of Queen&#8217;s classic [&#8230;]</p>
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Late, Late Show host James Corden aired a special NFL championship show last night following a day of NFL games which sent the L.A. Rams and the New England Patriots to the Super Bowl over the New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs, respectively.

Corden closed the show with a parody of Queen’s classic “Don’t Stop Me Now” called “The Show’s Ending Now”, and who better to join him in performance than current Queen frontman Adam Lambert.

Hosts Steve Doocy and Ainsley Earhardt later commented on what they called a control room error.

Said Doocy: “A technical error in the control room triggered a graphic of Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a date on it, she – we don’t wanna, uh, make it seem, anything other than – that was a mistake, that was an accident. We believe she is still at home recovering from surgery.”

DOOCY: A technical error in the control room triggered a graphic of Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a date on it, she – we don't wanna, uh, make it seem, anything other than – that was a mistake, that was an accidentEARHARDT: We apologize, big mistake

]]>http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/death-ruth-bader-ginsburg/feed/0http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/death-ruth-bader-ginsburg/Gay Pro Soccer Player Collin Martin Found a Date During a Live Tinder Swiping Session with James Corden: WATCHhttp://feeds.towleroad.com/~r/towleroad/feed/~3/6ynmbaqHreY/
http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/collin-martin-tinder/#respondMon, 21 Jan 2019 13:32:39 +0000http://www.towleroad.com/?p=384610<p>Gay Minnesota United Midfielder Collin Martin, the only openly gay professional athlete active in any of the five major sports leagues: MLS, NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB, joined James Corden late last week to browse through a stage full of potential suitors in a game of live Tinder. Corden brought up a series of bachelors for [&#8230;]</p>
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Gay Minnesota United Midfielder Collin Martin, the only openly gay professional athlete active in any of the five major sports leagues: MLS, NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB, joined James Corden late last week to browse through a stage full of potential suitors in a game of live Tinder.

Corden brought up a series of bachelors for Martin’s perusal, and Martin swiped right or left depending if he was interested.

Asked what kind of guy would be his ideal date, Martin named Call Me By Your Name actor Timothee Chalamet.

Find out who Martin chose:

Martin came out in late June on social media, saying: “I have been out as a gay man for many years to my family and friends, and this includes my teammates. Today, I’m proud that my entire team and the management of Minnesota United know that I am gay. I have received only kindness and acceptance from everyone in Major League Soccer and that has made my decision to come out publicly much easier.”

Harris also released a video to her social media accounts and launched a campaign website. Her official campaign launch is to take place on Sunday in Oakland, California.

Said Harris in the clip: “The future of our country depends on you and millions of others lifting our voices to fight for our American values. That’s why I’m running for president of the United States. I’m running to lift those voices. To bring our voices together.”

Politico reports: ‘Harris will base her campaign in Baltimore, with a second office in Oakland, according to her aides. The bi-coastal arrangement gives them a foothold in two diverse cities and will allow the campaign to be close to Washington where it can be on the Eastern time zone. Among her first decisions will be to reject corporate PAC money and super PAC activity, the aides said. The question has become an early litmus test for what’s expected to be a sprawling field with a record number of women. Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York have opened exploratory committees, while Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is readying her run. Other women, including Sen. Amy Klobuchar, could also jump in.’

]]>http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/kamala-harris-2020-2/feed/0http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/kamala-harris-2020-2/Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) Dropped in to a ‘Donkey Kong 64’ Benefit Twitch Stream to Help Raise Funds for Transgender Childrenhttp://feeds.towleroad.com/~r/towleroad/feed/~3/FFjtLjApwVw/
http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/ocasio-cortez-twitch/#respondMon, 21 Jan 2019 12:31:54 +0000http://www.towleroad.com/?p=384582<p>Freshman House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stopped by the Twitch stream of a Donkey Kong 64 benefit marathon run by YouTube star Hbomberguy, a.k.a. Harry Brewis over the weekend. In launching the marathon, Brewis hoped to raise money for the UK transgender charity Mermaids, a charity that assists transgender children and young people. As of [&#8230;]</p>
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Freshman House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stopped by the Twitch stream of a Donkey Kong 64 benefit marathon run by YouTube star Hbomberguy, a.k.a. Harry Brewis over the weekend.

In launching the marathon, Brewis hoped to raise money for the UK transgender charity Mermaids, a charity that assists transgender children and young people. As of this posting, the marathon’s stream was reportiing that $341,670.00 had been raised.

Brewis made the announcement of the benefit marathon in a YouTube video last week:

Said Brewis: “I chose to support [Mermaids] because as a person living in Britain, I find the media discussion surrounding this issue in my country, especially in its tabloids, to be woefully misinformed. I’d like to do my bit to help support the people who do the hard work of contributing to people’s thinking on an important issue.”

Linehan had written that Mermaids pushes an “extreme ideological agenda” and took an “experimental” and “non-evidence-based” approach to trans and gender nonconforming children.

Ocasio-Cortez, who has been lauded for her savvy on Twitter and other social media platforms, stopped by the stream to offer her support at the 52-hour mark. She had tweeted about the benefit earlier in the day on Sunday.

Turns out Ocasio-Cortez was familiar with the classic Nintendo system, commenting on the stream: “I never owned a N64 but I used to go to my cousin’s house all the time and she had Super Mario 64, Pokemon Snap, and probably a handful of other things.”

Ocasio-Cortez also talked about trans discrimination: “It makes these issues much more acute in their crises than they usually are on average for other people. So it’s important that we do talk about these issues in the economic frame, but not let go of the fact that that discrimination is a core reason for the economic hardship.”

Bloody hell @AOC is a genius. Supporting trans rights on a video game livestream is something that will hit bang on with young voters while her boomer critics won’t even be able to understand what’s happening, much less know how to criticise it. https://t.co/Spi0xkvjKU

Tweeted Ocasio-Cortez: ‘News Flash: Medicare for All & equal rights aren’t trends. When people complain about low turnout in some demos, it’s not because communities are apathetic, it’s bc they don’t see you fighting for them. If we don’t show up for people, why should you feel entitled to their vote?’

News Flash: Medicare for All & equal rights aren’t trends.

When people complain about low turnout in some demos, it’s not because communities are apathetic, it’s bc they don’t see you fighting for them.

]]>http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/ocasio-cortez-twitch/feed/0http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/ocasio-cortez-twitch/Lady Gaga Slams Trump for Shutdown and Pence for Anti-LGBTQ Views at Vegas ‘Enigma’ Show: WATCHhttp://feeds.towleroad.com/~r/towleroad/feed/~3/t5HjEjuBZjk/
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Lady Gaga blasted Donald Trump over the government shutdown and laid into Mike and Karen Pence for their anti-LGBTQ views at her Vegas ‘Enigma’ show on Saturday night.

Said Gaga, pausing during a performance of her track “Million Reasons:” “There are people that live paycheck to paycheck and need their money. And to Mike Pence who thinks that it’s acceptable that his wife works at a school that bans LGBTQ: you are wrong. You say that we should not discriminate against Christianity. You’re the worst representation of what it means to be a Christian. I am a Christian woman and what I do know about Christianity is that we bear no prejudice and everybody is welcome. So you can take all that disgrace, Mr. Pence, and look yourself in the mirror and you’ll find it right there.”

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Mommie Dearest (1981) has long been required ‘gay card’ viewing, and a new version (below) of an iconic scene has been making the rounds on Facebook.

The scene, in which Faye Dunaway’s Joan Crawford asks her daughter Christina why she won’t give her the respect that she’s entitled to, was filmed through a Snapchat filter by Facebook user Brian Harder, an instantly shareable clip.

Watch as Dunaway’s eyes get more bug-eyed than ever: “Why can’t you give me the respect that I’m entitled to? Why can’t you treat me like I would be treated by any stranger on the street?”

]]>http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/mommie-dearest-snapchat/feed/0http://www.towleroad.com/2019/01/mommie-dearest-snapchat/Kate McKinnon’s Elizabeth Warren on SNL: ‘Bend Over America’ I’m the Prostate Exam You Need – WATCHhttp://feeds.towleroad.com/~r/towleroad/feed/~3/7Ymm64vXcNg/
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Kate McKinnon’s Elizabeth Warren made a winning appearance on SNL’s Weekend Update to talk about her recent announcement that she has entered the presidential race.

McKinnon’s Warren championed her “fighter” rep: “I haven’t been this excited since I found out my package from L.L. Bean had shipped. I’m ready to fight. Are you in this fight, Colin? Because I want you in this fight. We’ve got to fight…I’m like if Monday Night Raw was hosted by NPR’s Terri Gross.”

McKinnon’s Warren then went on to describe growing up in Oklahoma on the train tracks before Jost noted an article that said she’s not likable.

Quipped McKinnon’s Warren: “I’m sorry I’m not young and pretty like Donald ‘Jackass’ Trump. Was the article sexist? Of course it was. Am I likable? Prob not, but neither is a prostate exam but you need one or you’ll die. This country, Colin, is long overdue for a finger up its caboose. You might even like it, so bend over America, and let Mama Warren get to work.”

Asked about the other potential Democratic candidates, Warren replied that shes a “spry and naughty” 69 years old compared to Biden and Sanders.

And she had some harsh words for Kirsten Gillibrand: “Don’t you mean, ‘Kirsten Stole-my-brand?’ Yeah, Medicare for all. What a novel concept. I’ve been saying that since 1963 when I was running the Wells Fargo wagon out of my town.”

Asked if the DNA test she took to prove her Native American heritage will come back to haunt her, McKinnon’s Warren replied: “I did the DNA test and the test came back ‘100 percent bad idea.'”

Watch:

Other portions of Weekend Update tackled the government shutdown, Trump’s fast food feast, and the wall of “slats”, Anthony Scaramucci on Big Brother, and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitter lessons.

Jost went after Buzzfeed for being “fake news” for its story that Michael Cohen had directed Trump to lie to Congress, a story which elicited a rare public statement from the Special Counsel’s office that it was inaccurate.

Said Jost: “How disappointing was that? You know how many suburban moms had to retract their group texts to the family saying, ‘We got him!’ The crazy part is that the White House is now celebrating that Mueller disputed this one part of the investigation while there are like 100 other crimes on the table. If you got tested for every STD and your doctor said, ‘The good news is you don’t have chlamydia,’ you wouldn’t say, ‘That’s all I need to hear, no condoms for this guy!’”

Added Michael Che: “Look, BuzzFeed, we all think it’s great that you want to help, but this is not what we need from you. Y’all are BuzzFeed, you do memes and lists.”

It went on to tackle the Harvey Weinstein case, the Super Blood Wolf Moon, a viral egg photo on Instagram, Gillette’s new ad on toxic masculinity, the MTV show Made in Staten Island, Winnie the Pooh Day, a female watch thief in Florida, and a liquid chocolate spill in Arizona,

Pete Davidson and John Mulaney reviewed Clint Eastwood’s The Mule, and Davidson addressed reports of his suicide attempt.